Alaska Gazetteer
Contact Glacier is a physical feature (glacier) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Contact Glacier |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Glacier |
| Description: | on E side of Kenai Peninsula, heads in Sargent Ice Field, trends N to its terminus, 1 mi. SW of Head of Deep Water Bay, 22 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 2 miles long. |
| History: | "Named in 1910 by U.S. Grant, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ""because it covers contact between granite and sediments.""" |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.4702568054 |
| Longitude: | -148.444503784 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Contact Glacier: Contact Glacier.
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